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Ross Thomas and Alexandra Villing – Naukratis: Mistress of ships – 2015

Ross Thomas and Alexandra Villing delivered the fourth annual lecture of the Honor Frost Foundation on Thursday 10 December 2015 at the British Academy

The port of Naukratis was the earliest Greek port in Egypt, established in the late seventh century BC, long before the foundation of Alexandria. As a base for foreign traders and the port of the royal Pharaonic city of Sais, it was an important hub for long-distance maritime trade and cross-cultural exchange, and remained so until the completion of Alexandria. Excavations in 1884–1903 revealed extensive archaeological remains, including Greek and Egyptian temples, domestic and industrial structures.

The British Museum’s Naukratis Project, directed by Alexandra Villing, has since 2012 begun a new programme of fieldwork at the ancient port, directed by Ross Thomas and funded by the Honor Frost Foundation since 2013. One of its key aims is to investigate a central but hitherto neglected aspect of the site: its harbours and its development as a major international port city.

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The HFF Mission is to promote the advancement and research of maritime archaeology with a focus on the Eastern Mediterranean particularly Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus.

The HFF logo is based on an image of a ship carved on a Sarcophagus, Sidon, 2nd c. BC. © Ministry of Culture/Directorate General of Antiquities-National Museum of Beirut.

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